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    A CHIP OFF THE OLD (KARATE) BLOCK

    Sep 13, 2022 4 minutes
    BY MARK JACOBS

    The son of Black Belt Hall of Famer Richard Plowden, 28-year-old Richard Avery Plowden has carved out a legacy of his own just as impressive as his father’s.

    Karate is more or less the family business of the Plowden clan with seven black belts in all, including Richard Avery’s mother, uncle and cousins. His older sister Morgan is one of the most successful female point fighters of all time. So the younger Plowden had a lot to live up to from an early age.

    “My father actually didn’t want me and my sister doing karate — he didn’t want that kind of pressure on

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